Alien Bee lights: softbox 45 degree right side, flash-through umbrella ~45 degree left and 3rd bee as bg light. shot on white paper hung. Layed on the floor and shot like mad. Shots were a bit bright so PS included adjusting levels and contrast, desaturating red tones, touch of sharpen/blur, touch of burn, unsharp mask, save for web. oh bicubic down-sizing in 90% increments. not sure if it helps, but couldn't hurt.
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You really do have dem babies down! I thought I'd commented on this during the challenge - I'm (obviously) wrong (again). I thought this would finish much higher, imo. Great crop, expression, and baby blues :)
I would have never guessed it to be yours. I am glad I waited for the challenge to be over :)
Nice lighting and those blue eyes look surreal. Using a wide angle lens also adds to the overal impact of the photo.
I like the sharpness of the eyes. I suspect you saturated the eyes some, and I think that part looks a bit unnatural, but not terribly so. I also suspect you softened the skin (possibly with noiseware) which I don't care for. Good composition and crop.
Fabulous picture! He looks like a baby and an 80 year old all at the same time- those "wise" eyes and those jowls. I would have titled it "Wise beyond his years."
This is really a cute baby. I don't know why it is the style anymore to cut off the top of the head in a portrait - to me, this would look SO much better if the whole head was in the picture. Also, it looks like a bit too much neat image - the skin really looks unnatural.
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